Palma’s buses pass with flying colours
Users of the Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Palma (EMT) rate the bus service in the Mallorcan capital 8.1 out of 10. This is the result of the annual survey conducted by the EMT between [...]
Saint Catalina Tomàs’ year in Mallorca kicks off with various events in Rome
The Consell de Mallorca has kicked off the year of Saint Catherine Tomàs with a series of events in Rome to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the saint's death. Pope Francis will receive the island's [...]
The Diada de Mallorca moves to 12 September
From 2024 onwards, the Diada de Mallorca will be celebrated on the 12th of September instead of the 31st of December, as it has been since 2016. This change was approved by the Consell de [...]
Maremagnvm Classical Culture Festival at La Misericòrdia: all roads lead to Rome
The Centre Cultural la Misericòrdia is hosting a new edition of the Maremagnvm Classical Culture Festival organised by the Consell and the Maremagnvm Balearic Association. From the 21st of March to the 3rd of April [...]
Easter in Mallorca 2024: dates and new features in the processions
Easter in Mallorca 2024 will fuse faith, tradition and emotion. The presentation of the events for 2024, held at the Palau Episcopal on Tuesday, 27 February, anticipates a celebration full of novelties and special meanings. [...]
Fira del Comerç 2024 in Binissalem, a commitment to zero km products
On the 16th and 17th of March a new edition of the Fira del Comerç 2024 of Binissalem will be held, an excellent opportunity to spend a weekend with the family enjoying a full programme [...]
The Government sets the maximum price of the antigen test at 2.94 euros
The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has reported on the agreement reached this morning to limit the maximum price of COVID-19 self-diagnosis antigen tests to 2.94 euros after the meeting of the Interministerial Commission on [...]
COVID-19: Health confirms that it buys a new drug from Pfizer
The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has confirmed to the extraordinary plenary session of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System (CISNS) the end of the negotiation with Pfizer and the purchase of the [...]
The Balearic Islands prioritize the commercial sector in the distribution of Next Generation funds
With the aim of recovering the commercial fabric of the Balearic Islands, the Government and representatives of the sector met so that the commerce can receive at least 2.48% of the total Next Generation funds, [...]
Education activates a rapid substitution system for teachers with COVID-19 sick leave
The Conselleria d'Educació i Formació Professional has informed the educational centers today of the implementation of a system of rapid substitutions for COVID, similar to that applied in primary school, with teachers from the linguistic [...]
COVID-19: Admissions to the Balearic ICU rise in a day with three deaths and 4,382 infections
The Ministry of Health reported 4,382 infections and three deaths in one day with 81 patients admitted to the Balearic Intensive Care Unit (ICU), which also accounted for a total of 317 people in the [...]
The air traffic of Son Sant Joan is still far from recovering the activity of 2019
The air traffic of the Mallorca airport has not yet recovered the level before the pandemic. In 2021 it operated 51.2% less than in 2019 and registered 4,496,857 passengers, an increase of 137% compared to [...]
The Balearic Blood Bank warns about the shortage of reserves due to infections
The disproportionate increase in COVID-19 infections seriously compromises the Balearic Blood Bank, which needs 200 donations per day to guarantee adequate patient care. The entity reported that it currently receives only 50% of donors and [...]
The use of public transport grows in the Balearic Islands and exceeds the figure before the pandemic
The TIB network, bus, train and metro, during 2021 has moved 11,378,559 users, of which 6,797,501 are bus users and 4,581,058 of the rail network (train and metro). Thus, the demand that has existed during [...]
Hotel investment in the Balearic Islands exceeds 540 million euros in 2021
Hotel investment in the Balearic Islands was 541 million euros in 2021, with a major role in the holiday category and at the national level it reached 3,180 million, according to data from the Hotel [...]
Adolfo Utor: “The ports of the Balearic Islands in attention to regular passage are third-world”
Adolfo Utor, president and sole owner of Balèaria after Grupo Matutes left the company. Photo: Balèaria. ⚫"As the only remaining local company, we are prepared to overcome this tough and hostile competitive environment." [...]
Perceptions
⬛ One of the causes of social impoverishment in the Balearic Islands lies in the fact that there is no political pact, even if it is minimal, that prevents each change of government from bringing down [...]
The sobrasada de Mallorca and its hidden values
When one savors the 'Sobrasada de Mallorca' it evokes the primary sensations that have helped us survive in the course of tens of thousands of years of biological evolution. The red secret that the paprika [...]
Mallorca, art market on the rise
The art market flows with joy in Mallorca. Galleries and collectors have risen from lockdowns reinforced. Some expand and others land for the first time. And it does not end here: new openings of exhibition [...]
Are we talking about the same island?
I came to Mallorca for the first time when I was eight years old, together with my parents. I was one more when we moved completely, and not just for the summer, to the island. I [...]
The take off of Balearic craft beer
"A beer made with love and natural ingredients". This is how Mariabel Rotger, president of the Associació de Cerveseres Artesanes de les Illes Balears (ACAIB) describes craft beer. More and more factories on the islands [...]
COVID-19: Salut reports 4 deaths in the last 24 hours and almost 4,000 positive cases
The increase in positive cases in the Balearic Islands is being exceeded day by day. The Ministry of Health reported 3,993 cases in the last 24 hours and four deaths, a sum that amounts to [...]
The sick leave due to COVID-19 grew in the Balearic Islands almost 300% in December
Lapses from work due to coronavirus have grown 270% in December in the Balearic Islands, where almost 7,300 casualties have been registered, coinciding with the explosion of infections caused by the omicron variant. As explained [...]
The Balearic Islands lead the fall in unemployment with a year-on-year decrease of 33.63%
The Balearic Islands registered in December 2021 the largest year-on-year drop in unemployment in all of Spain with a decrease of 33.63%, according to data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy. It is [...]
Fundación Impulsa lowers the optimism of the Government and analyzes an economic growth in 2022 of less than 10%
The economist and director of the Impulsa Foundation, Antoni Riera, foresees an economic growth of between 8% and 9% in the Balearic Islands in 2022, below the forecasts of the Government, which points to 12%, [...]
The most in housing: smart pool, cinema and miniature golf
In search of leisure, good weather and tranquility, more and more wealthy foreigners choose Mallorca as their first residence and to telecommute By: Juan Ignacio Orúe. Palma Have you ever dreamed that you wake up [...]
Marathon goal
The renowned Majorcan athlete Toni Contestí started his meteoric career 20 years ago. He has completed numerous marathons -from New York to Paris, passing through Mallorca-, Ironman, Ultraman, Ultra Trails, etc. that have elevated him to the [...]
Llop: “The writer is forged in the crossing of the desert”
“Observing the sea as it is observed in Havana, Palermo or Corfu: as the only border. Observing it and knowing that it is the sea that has made us who we are. For better and [...]
The contagion that devastated Mallorca between 1820 and 1822
The first echoes of the calamity that loomed over the island reached Palma on May 26, 1820. A smugglers ship from the coasts of Africa had arrived in Mallorca, near Son Servera, and one of [...]
COVID-19: Salut launches an online tool to track close contacts
The Conselleria de Salut i Consum has launched an online tool to streamline the follow-up of close contacts of positive COVID-19 cases. The councilor Patricia Gómez and the deputy director of Primary Care and Attention [...]
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